Banff’s ‘Crasher Squirrel’ Goes Viral

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.13.09 | 3:23 PM ET

You can skip your daily visit to cuteoverload.com today—a Banff squirrel has the adorable quotient covered. The rodent snuck into a tourist’s shot, the shot made its way onto National Geographic’s website, and the rest is viral internet history.

Tags: Travel Photography, Tres Loco, North America, Canada, Shrinking Planet

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


6 Comments for Banff’s ‘Crasher Squirrel’ Goes Viral

Steve 08.15.09 | 5:33 PM ET

The Squirrel has his own video:
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Steve 08.15.09 | 8:07 PM ET

That should have read:
http://www.youtube.com/user/banfflakelouise2

bitchbag 08.17.09 | 6:16 AM ET

Have a look at some more efforts at the original Flickr page…
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1227605@N22/

ak77 08.17.09 | 9:48 PM ET

Crasher Squirrel to the rescue!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26005083@N08/3823193767/sizes/o/in/pool-1227605@N22/

bitchbag 08.18.09 | 10:24 AM ET

Brilliant AK77.

gs 08.26.09 | 11:20 AM ET

Yeah, well, now you can make your own crasher squirrel photo using an aplication on facebook xD

http://apps.facebook.com/photosplash/index/fb_effect/wiewior

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